Afghanistan

Nine American mothers will not enjoy Mother’s Day this year. Their sons were killed in the past month in Afghanistan. This past Wednesday, a family of nine was killed by Taliban forces in Afghanistan. On Friday, 9 Pakistani soldiers were killed. That same day, 29 Taliban were killed. 2,319 American soldiers were killed in America’s

I’ve talked to half a dozen active and inactive military personnel since revelations and details emerged of American marines urinating on the corpses of Afghan civilians. Each and every one of those soldiers told me unequivocally that the act was an obscene, unacceptable travesty, and that those marines need to be prosecuted to the fullest

Is this a low point for the U.S. occupation of Afghanistan? Or is this the necessary self-immolation and cleansing ritual to try to purify the mission? In either case, I’m shocked by the stark honesty of Jeremy Morlock’s confession to killing Afghans for sport. An American soldier has pleaded guilty to being part of a “kill team” who